The Effects of Tourism Development on Eco-Environment Resilience and Its Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Kun Wang (), Xiangtai Chen, Zhenxian Lei, Songxin Zhao and Xiao Zhou
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Kun Wang: College of Tourism and Culture Industry, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Xiangtai Chen: College of Tourism and Culture Industry, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Zhenxian Lei: College of Tourism and Culture Industry, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Songxin Zhao: College of Tourism and Culture Industry, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Xiao Zhou: College of Tourism and Culture Industry, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 22, 1-19

Abstract: Tourism sustainability is a significant approach to forming a synergistic model of industry and ecology in ecologically vulnerable areas. Scientifically detecting the effect mechanism of tourism development on eco-environment resilience is important in achieving regional social-ecological system sustainability. In this work, empirical exploration is conducted on the tourism development index (TDI) and eco-environment resilience index (ERI) in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) to study the spatio-temporal heterogeneity of TDI’s effect on the ERI. The results indicate significant growth in the TDI in the YREB, with the formation of tourist clusters around Shanghai and Chongqing as the core. Although the ERI typically exhibits a declining trend, the rate of decline has notably slowed, forming a “high at the sides and low in the middle” spatial pattern. The TDI and ERI are spatially dependent in the YREB, with predominantly high-high (HH) and low-high (LH) clusters in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu. Conversely, upstream regions with strong eco-environmental foundations exhibit low-low (LL) and high-low (HL) clusters. In general, the TDI promotes the ERI, but there is significant spatio-temporal heterogeneity in the YREB. Positive impact regions are expanding, while negative impact regions are shrinking. These results could provide scientific evidence for differentiated classification and control policies in the YREB.

Keywords: tourism development; eco-environment resilience; spatio-temporal heterogeneity; Yangtze River Economic Belt of China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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